Note: This is the third post in our series of Managing Your Requirements 101. Read the first two posts here - What is requirements management and why is it important? How to write good requirements and types of requirements U sually projects start with unclear requirements and expectations. Lack of base lined requirements can result in chaos with lots of requirements changes resulting in requirements and scope creeps. Baselines can also help in acceptance testing and... [More]

Prof. Lawrence Chung ( chung@utdallas.edu ) is in Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has been working in System/Requirements Engineering and System/Software Architecture. He was the principal author of the research monograph “Non-Functional Requirements in Software Engineering", and has been involved in developing “ RE-Tools ” (a multi-notational tool for RE) with Dr. Sam Supakkul, “ HOPE ” (a smartphone application for people with... [More]

Prof. Neil Maiden is Professor of Systems Engineering at City University London. He is and has been a principal and co-investigator on numerous EPSRC- and EU-funded research projects. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers in academic journals, conferences and workshops proceedings. He was Program Chair for the 12th IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering in Kyoto in 2004, and was Editor of the IEEE Software’s Requirements column from 2005 until earlier... [More]

Jeremy Dick works as Principal Analyst for Integrate Systems Engineering Ltd in a consultancy, research and thought leadership capacity. He has extensive experience in implementing practical requirements processes in significant organizations, including tool customization, training and mentoring. At Integrate, he has been developing the concept of Evidence-based Development, an extension of his previous work on “rich traceability”. Prior to this appointment, he worked for 9... [More]

Today we have with us Mia McCroskey at Emerging Health Montefiore Information Technology who was recognized as IBM Champion this year. She shares with us her thoughts about the requirements management domain. Welcome to IBM family! It¹s a great pleasure to have you with us as an IBM Champion. Congratulations, How do you feel? I am honored to be recognized in this way not just this year but for the past several years that I have been asked to present my team's stories at Innovate. It may seem... [More]